Medical System Reforms in China after 1978: Some Practical Implications

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10.2991/sschd-16.2016.125How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Medical reform; Hospitals; Policies; Implications

Abstract

Since China' Reform and Opening-up, our country experienced several reforms, each of which was closely related to the economic and social development, and this institutional change makes more effects on the medical system. Since 1978, China has implemented a series of reform policies in tandem with the development of the economy. Based on economic system change, this article divided the development of medical reforms into four stages and each has distinct characters, in terms of government investment, coverage of medical insurance, medicine circulation, etc. A point arising is how to reform the medical system at the national level. This paper aims to provide an overview of medical system in China since 1978, and its practical implications.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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